Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 386

Chapter 386: Chapter 215: Top Bull Rescue Plan

On the morning of July 23rd, at Old Beijing Mai Internet Cafe, cabin number 7.

The wooden door slowly closed, and the game posters close together on the old, cracked wall hid the ravages of time.

The fluorescent glow of the computer screen illuminated the faces of the two individuals. Through the crack in the door, sounds from outside the cabin like “Protect the AD”, “I TP’d, I TP’d”, “Boss, bring a bowl of noodles” could frequently be heard.

Ke Mingye stood by the table and chairs, hand on his chin, staring at the panel that was the same size as the screen.

He thought, “This is the first time I’ve seen such a small panel, and the name of this instance is also super eerie–‘Pac-Man Game’.”

Initially, when he saw the information, he thought Paranoid was fooling him about a hidden instance in the internet cafe. But now seeing it, it was indeed real, and had Paranoid not become a network manager, it’s likely no player would have discovered this instance within a year.

Is this what they mean by… fools have their own foolish luck?

Or is it, could this guy actually be some kind of behind-the-scenes boss?

The kind who seems crazy and delirious, but is actually a developer of the system pretending to be dumb.

Specifically becoming a network manager under my building, isn’t he also here to keep an eye on me, the potential troublemaker?

Thinking this, Ke Mingye turned his head and exchanged a look with Paranoid.

Seeing the “pride of a child who has found a secret base and can’t wait to show it to his friends” expression on Paranoid’s face, he immediately dismissed the thought and sighed.

Ke Mingye rubbed his Tianming Acupoint, then asked, “Why did you choose this internet cafe?”

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“Because I have no diploma, no ID, so other cafe owners wouldn’t hire me,” Paranoid said nonchalantly. “No choice, they can’t see my supreme talent. There are many potential talents in the world, but few recognizers of it. Lord Paranoid has long seen through the cruelty of this world, you don’t need to comfort me, Spider Man.”

“That’s true then.”

Ke Mingye sighed, momentarily unable to find a flaw in those words.

He said, “This instance looks very eerie… we aren’t going to have to enter the computer, are we?”

Paranoid shrugged his shoulders, looking quite smug as he nodded, “Exactly, we’ll enter a 2D flat world. Inside there will be a Pac-Man; it’s the Boss. The Pac-Man speeds up as it devours the dots, and if it eats you, you’re done. Lord Paranoid has been eaten many times already.”

Ke Mingye gave him a sideways glance and said uncertainly.

“You’ve been eaten so many times, you can’t always be handing it wins, right? Found out any issues? Have some strategies?”

“The output is not enough. The Pac-Man reaches an extremely frightening speed so you have to take it down quickly.”

“How scary is it?”

“It can circle the entire map in two seconds, terrifying indeed,” Paranoid said solemnly.

“Oh, so it’s like there’s a time limit to kill it.” Ke Mingye thought for a moment, “In any case, we just need to kill it before it eats us, right?”

“Exactly, that’s the idea.”

Paranoid nodded.

“Okay, there’s a four-person limit, and just happens two people are coming.” Ke Mingye looked at the rules on the panel, “Let’s wait for them a bit, though these two flakes might not even show up.”

As he said this, he looked towards the discussion panel.

[Cai Bing: I’m on my way.]

[Unclear Dream: Take me with you, just woke up.]

[Cai Bing: Then I’ll come find you.]

[Unclear Dream: Okay, I’m waiting at the hostel.]

[Cai Bing: Miss Qing Meng, if I get there and find you’ve gone back to sleep, I might have to leak that ‘Late Night Sob Diary’ I stumbled upon on your phone.]

[Unclear Dream: Holy crap, a ‘Sob Diary’, are you even human? Did you learn hacking just to satisfy your voyeuristic cravings?]

[Cai Bing: Oh, want me to recite it? Stuff like “I really miss mom”, “Should I have been less rebellious before, are they worried about me now?”]

[Unclear Dream: You’re dead meat, once you’re here I’m going 1V1 with you directly at the hostel.]

[Cai Bing: It’s a good read, really. I’ll keep up with updates whenever I’m free. And those male romance stories you wrote are also quite exhilarating, do all young girls like this sort of thing?]

[Failed Man: Let’s see the stories.]

[Cai Bing: If I post this, I’d be killed.]

[Unclear Dream: Screw it, I’m ditching gaming, and y’all just wait, I’ll silence you one by one.]

[Cai Bing: Chill, I was just kidding. I just happened to see it while installing something on your phone last time.]

[Unclear Dream: So what did you actually install on my phone?]

[Cai Bing: A tracking device, in case you get nabbed by the authorities and we can’t rescue you.]

[Fan Quan: I’m caught up at the moment, you guys go ahead with the instance, and we’ll meet up at the train station afterwards. It’s quite near Old Beijing Mai.]

[Failed Man: The instance is limited to four people, there’s no spot for the uneducated like you.]

[Fan Quan: Just yesterday it was ‘You jump, I jump’, and today I’m out, classic you.]

[Failed Man: So what’s this sudden meeting about?]

[Fan Quan: Cai Bing will tell you once he gets there.]

[Failed Man: Riddler, huh.]

[Failed Man: @Cai Bing, @Unclear Dream, so are you two coming or not?]

[Unclear Dream: I’ve washed my face, how could I not come?]

[Cai Bing: Coming, can you meet up with your real self so our Miss Qing Meng can see our cute little brother?]

[Unclear Dream: Your mom, am I the only one in the group who hasn’t seen Spider Man in person?]

[Paranoid: Lord Paranoid hasn’t seen him either.]

[Unclear Dream: Everyone treats you like a brother, and you play spy among us, huh?]

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